Non-slipping device.



L. A. ZBLLERS.

NON-SLIPPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1911.

Patghted Aug. 22, 1911.'

Attorneys 7 LEVI A. ZELLERS, or

NON-SLEEPING DEVICE.

. Specification of- Letters Patent.

Application filed April 20, 1911. Serial No. 622,300.

ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES M. COOVER, OF LEBANQN', PENNSYLVANIA.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Luv: A. ZELLERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Non-Slipping .Device, qfswhich the following is a specification.

- The device forming the subject matter of this application, is. an anti-slipping structure, adapted to be applied to the wheel of motor propelled vehicles.

It is the object of this invention to provide a body member of novel and improved form, adapted to be applied to the felly of a wheel, to receive and to hold an anti-slipping element.

A further object of the invention is to provide a body member of novel and improved form, and to provide an anti-slipping element of novel and improved form, the body and said element co-acting in a novel and improved manner to effect an.

anti-slipping structure which may readily be assembled with the wheel of a vehicle, and, with equal facility, be removed therefrom.

With the foregoing and other objects in' view which will appearas' the description proceeds, the invention resides in the com ,bination and arrangement of parts and in the detailsaof construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what'is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is afragmental side elevation of a wheel,

equipped with the device of my invention; Flg. 2 is a transverse section upon the line @22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section upon the line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. i is a perspective showing the device which constitutes the subject matter of this application, its

constituent parts being separated.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 denotes the felly of a'wheel, the numeral 2 denotes the rim thereof, and the numeral 3 denotes the tire, the spokes being denoted by the numeral 4. The specific construction shown in the drawing, as above described, constitutes no partof the present invention, and is introduced and described,

merely for thepurpose of pointing out one form of structure with which the invention may be assembled. I

In carrying out the, invention there is provided as a primary and fundamental ele ment, a body B, ordinarily fashioned from a single piece of metal, bent or otherwise disposed, transversely, into sinuous form, to form upstanding ribs 5, defining between them, a seat 6. The body, at one end,--is

equipped with wings 7, and adjacent the wings 7 there upstand, from opposite. edges of'the body, substantially at right angles to the wings 7, tongues 8. The wings 7 are the folly 1, the wings 7 exten ing along the folly, and the tongues 8 bearing against adjacent spokes 4., the body B being held in 'place upon the felly 1, by means of securing elements extended through the openings. 9 and 10, to engage the telly 1. The yoke 11 is then saddled over the tire 3, and the bolt 1.5 is inserted through the perforations 14 in the arms 12 of the yoke 11, the bolt 15 entering the seat 6.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that the yoke 11 may readily be removed from the wheel, and be mounted in place thereon. The body member B may be fashioned at trifling expense, andconstitutes a simple and eflicient means for retaining the yoke 11 against movement circumferentially of the tire.

. Having thus described the invention, What is claimediszy,

1. A device of he class described comprising a body having adjacent one end, outstanding wings adapted to bear against awheel rim, the body having angularly disposed tongues along its edges, adapted to bear against adjacent spokes; there being a transverse seat in the body; a securing member mounted in the seat; and a yoke adapted to inclose the wheel and engaged with the securing member.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a body fashioned from 'a-singlepiece of material, disposed in sinuousforiqiithdefine outstanding ribs, and a seatbetween the inclose the tire, the yoke being engaged with the securing member.

3. A device of the classdescribed comprising a body fashioned from a single piece of material, disposed in sinuous form,.to define ribs, and a seat between the ribs,

there being outstanding wings upon the body, adjacent one end of the body, the wings being adapted to bear against the telly, the body being equipped, along its Witnesses edges, with tongues disposed at an angle to .1 the wings, and adapted to bear against ad jaeent spokes; a securing member adapted to be inserted into the seat; and a yoke adapted to extend about the tire, and engaged v. iththe securing member, beyond the ends of the body.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature 1n the presence of two wltnesses.

t. I LEVI A, ZELLERSL L. M. DONMOXLE, M. B. GALBREATI-I. 

